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Owais Gade
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Which of the following questions is/are correct regarding Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

1. The Congress party adopted a resolution to establish a socialist pattern of society in its Avadi session in 1955. 

2. The word socialist is added by the 42nd amendment in 1976 in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

3. Preamble is a part of the Constitution and is justiciable. 


1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Which of the following questions is/are correct regarding Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

1. The Congress party adopted a resolution to establish a socialist pattern of society in its Avadi session in 1955. 

2. The word socialist is added by the 42nd amendment in 1976 in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

3. Preamble is a part of the Constitution and is justiciable. 


1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3
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  1. Correct Answer – Option 1 : 1 and 2 only

    The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

    • The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is based on the objective resolution drafted and moved by Jawaharlal Nehru and adopted by the constituent assembly.
    • The Preamble reveals 4 ingredients of the components
    1. Source of the authority of the Constitution: The Preamble states that the Constitution derives its authority from the people of India.
    2. Nature of Indian State: It declares India to be of a sovereign, socialist, secular democratic, and republican polity.
    3. Objectives of the Constitution: It specifies justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity as the objectives. 
    4. Date of adoption of the Constitution: It stipulates November 26, 1949, as the date.
    • The word socialism is added by the 42nd amendment in 1976 in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
      • The constitution has socialist nature in the form of the directive principle of State Policy (DPSP). 
      • The Congress party adopted a resolution to establish a socialist pattern of society in its Avadi session in 1955. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
      • However, the Indian brand of socialism is democratic socialism and not communist socialism. 
      • Democratic socialism holds faith in a mixed economy where both the public and private sectors coexist side by side. 
      • Democratic socialism aims to end poverty, ignorance, disease, and inequality of opportunity. 
      • Indian socialism is a blend of Marxism and Gandhism leaning heavily towards Gandhian socialism. 
      • The new economic policy of liberalization, privatization, and globalization in 1991 however diluted the socialist credentials of the Indian state to an extent.
    • The Supreme Court ruled that Preamble is not a part of the Constitution in the Berubari Union case (1960).
    • In the Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973), the Supreme Court overruled the ruling in Berubari Union Case (1960) and held that Preamble is a part of the Constitution. 
    • The Preamble is neither a source of power to the legislature nor a prohibition upon the powers of legislation. 
    • It is non-justiciable which means provisions are not enforceable in a court of law. Hence, Statement 3 is incorrect.
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